I came to the class earlier in the morning for statistic subject. The teacher didn’t come. I therefore have the chance to think the story that my father has told me when I was young.
Khammu society in Laos
Khammu makes up about 24 percent of the population and consist of at least thirty-seven different ethnic groups ranging in population from nearly 400,000 the Kammu to fewer than 100 the Numbers. Many of the groups have additional members in Thailand or Vietnam.
Khammu folk tale: The wish that was a dream
A long time ago there was boy named kham, he was a happy person and liked to travel in the forest and look at nature. Every day he went into the forest where there was a clean river that was fresh and cool. It was also mushroom season and some days he would collect mushrooms for his village.
khammu story: The Bear and the Clever Chipmunk
Long ago, a clever chipmunk named Sa Thou was good friends with a bear. They often did favors for each other. A party was planned in their village, the next day, even though the weather was not very sunny. The chipmunk was going to take his girlfriend to the party tomorrow.
khammu lifestyle
During the month of July I made a tour to Thailand and Laos. I myself was interested in story collecting and in trying to find trees and plants in the forest, since I have described over 500 kinds of trees and other plants for our Kammu Yuan-English Dictionary.
Khammu food
Kammu people have never used any oil in their food, they use only cold water for cooking, and eat no fried food at all. This is because fried food is unsuitable for eating with sticky rice. Another reason for not using lard in the food, is that some people cannot eat food with lard, since they would get diarrhoea or got a cough if they ate it. There were many Kammu people who came to the towns and ate food of the city people where they used oil, and then they got diarrhoea or got a cough. This was probably because earlier people used lard and not vegetable oil.
Khammu Lady's work
Young girls stayed with their parents in the family house until they got married and moved to stay with their husbands' parents. They learnt all kind of women's works, for instance, to make handbags and to weave cloth. Girls were expected to do domestic work inside the house and in the village. It was also the duty of the older daughters to take care of their younger siblings..
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